PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Winger (ranked 2574 p4p, 312 weight class) and Alexander Porto (ranked 3058 p4p, 353 weight class). Rafael Winger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Winger
vs
Porto

185 cm
36
186 lbs
20 - 14 - 2

177 cm
32
180 lbs
16 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rafael Winger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Alexander Porto!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winger throws a head kick that misses

and Porto counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Winger.
Winger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Porto.
Porto tries to work over Winger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Porto stalling the fight.
Porto taking a breather.
Winger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Porto.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Winger being controlled against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Porto.
Porto is working Winger over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Porto lands with a left to the head.
Winger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Porto backwards.
Porto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Porto swings wildly with an uppercut but Winger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Porto blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Winger tries a knee to the head but Porto blocks it.
Porto lands a hook that snaps the head of Winger backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Porto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Winger's brow.
Porto tries a body shot but Winger blocks it.
Winger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Alexander Porto has been cut.
Winger tries a knee to the head but Porto blocks it.
Porto tries to stall but Winger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Porto struggles to land a body shot inside as Winger controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winger.
Porto misses with an elbow over the top.
Winger crunches a lovely knee into Porto's ribcage.
Good body shot from Porto.
A body shot lands from Porto.
Porto lands a nice elbow.
Winger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Porto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winger's defenses.

It looks like Rafael Winger has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Porto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Porto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Winger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Porto lands an elbow inside.
Winger misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Winger on the inside.
Winger lands a left hand.
A knee to the head by Winger.
Winger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Porto misses with a body punch.
Porto lands a nice uppercut.
Porto struggles to land a body shot inside as Winger controls his hands.
Porto swings wildly with an uppercut but Winger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Winger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Winger.
Winger misses with a knee to the head.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Porto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Winger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Porto blocks it with crossed arms.
Porto tries a body shot but Winger blocks it.
Porto misses with an elbow over the top.
Winger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Porto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Winger backwards.
Porto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Porto looking to stall.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Porto stalls.
A head punch on the inside from Porto fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Porto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Porto.
Winger is breathing heavily.
Porto pressing his opponent against the cage.
Winger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Porto working aggressively here.
Winger lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winger prevents a body shot from Porto.
Winger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Porto stalling in the clinch.
Winger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Porto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Porto can't find room to land a body shot as Winger controls the action.
Winger scores with a knee to the head.
Porto scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexander Porto will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Porto moves into the clinch.
Winger swings wildly with an uppercut but Porto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Winger tries a knee to the head but Porto blocks it.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Porto is looking to control Winger's arms but Winger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Porto has his back to the cage.
A short right from Porto.
Winger lands a right hand.
Porto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Porto misses with a body punch.
Porto taking a breather.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but Porto blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Porto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Winger trying to land knees to the body.
Winger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Winger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Porto blocks it with crossed arms.
Porto can't find room to land a body shot as Winger controls the action.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Porto working aggressively here.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but Porto blocks with his arms.
Porto effectively controlling the action here.
Porto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Winger backwards.
Porto is working Winger over against the cage.
Winger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Porto avoids it.
Winger lands a knee to the head.
Porto misses with a body punch.
Porto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winger's defenses.
Porto tries a body shot but Winger blocks it.
Winger looking to throw knees to the head but Porto is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Winger.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Porto tries a body shot but Winger blocks it.
Porto misses with an elbow strike.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Winger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short body shot lands from Porto as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winger prevents a body shot from Porto.
A head punch on the inside from Winger fails to land.
Winger cracks Porto with a nice body shot.
Porto lands an elbow inside.
Porto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Porto stalling in the clinch but Winger improves position.
Porto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Winger misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winger misses with a knee strike.
Winger misses with a knee to the head.
Porto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Winger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Winger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Porto is defending well for now.
Porto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Winger blocking some punches.
Porto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Porto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Porto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Porto lands with a light punch inside.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Winger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Porto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Winger blocks an elbow strike from Porto.
Winger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Porto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porto tries a body shot but Winger blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Porto presses Winger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Porto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Porto has Winger pressed against the cage.
Winger misses with a knee to the head.
Porto misses with some punches.
Porto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Porto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Porto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Porto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winger lands with a short shot to the head.
Porto throws an elbow but it misses.
Winger misses with a knee to the head.
Porto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alexander Porto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Porto moves away from the strike by Winger.
Rafael Winger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Porto has managed to clinch.
Porto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Porto.
A short uppercut from Porto.
Alexander Porto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Porto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Porto tries a body shot but Winger blocks it.
Porto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Porto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Porto just leaning against Winger, taking a breather.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but Porto blocks with his arms.
Winger scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Porto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wingers head.
Porto working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Porto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Winger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Porto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Porto has a couple of punches blocked by Winger.
Porto will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Winger up against the cage.
Winger lands a knee to the head.
Winger throws a punch but it's blocked by Porto.
Winger tries a knee to the head but Porto blocks it.
Winger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Porto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Porto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Winger backwards.
A short uppercut from Porto.
Still in the clinch, Porto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Winger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto trying to stall but Winger improves his position.
Winger misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Winger swings wildly with an uppercut but Porto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winger looking to throw knees to the head but Porto is blocking nicely.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Porto fails to land.
Porto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Porto lands with a light punch inside.
Porto misses with some punches.
Winger misses with a punch to the body.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Porto stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Winger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Porto struggles to land a body shot inside as Winger controls his hands.
Winger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Porto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Porto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Porto lands an elbow inside.
Porto stalling in the clinch but Winger improves position.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but Porto blocks with his arms.
Winger missing with knees to the body.
Porto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winger tries to land a knee to the head but Porto blocks with his arms.
Winger scores with a knee to the head.
Winger blocks an elbow strike from Porto.
Porto pushes off an throws an elbow but Winger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Porto fails to land.
Porto scores with a hook to the body.
Porto tries to throw a body punch but Winger avoids it by throwing Porto back against the cage.
Porto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Porto lands an elbow just above Winger 's eye.
Alexander Porto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Winger.
Porto lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Porto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Porto managing to block the knees to the body from Winger.
Winger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Winger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Porto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rafael Winger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Porto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Porto.
Nice body punch from Porto - that landed with a thud.
Porto lands a nice elbow.
Winger misses with a punch on the inside.
Porto lands a body shot.
Winger misses with the head strike.
Winger connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Porto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Porto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Porto!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Alexander Porto waved his t-shirt featuring Trashy Bar (158+q / 30$)'s logo in front of the cameras.